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Hopkins School, previously known as Hopkins Grammar School, is a coeducational private school in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1660, it is the oldest continuously operating secondary school in North America.
Edward Hopkins, seven-time governor of the Connecticut Colony, bequeathed a portion of his estate to the American colonies to found schools dedicated to "the breeding up of hopeful youths for the public service of the country in future times." With a portion of that bequest, Hopkins Grammar School was founded in 1660 in a one-room building on the New Haven Green. The school settled in its present location on a hill overlooking the city in 1926.
When The Day School (founded in 1907) and the Prospect Hill School (founded in 1930) merged in 1960, the combined institution became a strong center for the education of the area's young women. The union of Day Prospect Hill and Hopkins Grammar in 1972 created a new school that perpetuates the best traditions of its predecessors.
Hopkins now currently engages in an athletic and academic rivalry with Hamden Hall Country Day School, located in Hamden, Connecticut.
Walter Camp, the founder of modern American football, is one of several famous alumni.
Hopkins School's homepage (http://www.hopkins.edu)
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